To think that manager and a colleague texting each other accross desks is odd and unprofessional?

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So sat on a pod today - 4 people then one leaves. Just me, a colleague and the manager.

Very much seems like colleague and manager are texting each other on personal phones and having little chuckles to themselves.

This isn’t normal and professional behaviour is it?

YANBU- it’s odd and not normal
YABU- you’re imagining it/ if you weren’t it’s perfectly fine for them to text each other anyway

I was in this situation a few months ago - three young male colleagues in an in-person meeting (one is a manager). The three of them were grinning like Cheshire cats and typing furiously away on their laptops. The manager in the trio kept being asked questions by the meeting Chair and he was so busy typing to the other two, he kept missing the questions and the Chair had to keep repeating them. I found it really embarrassing and unprofessional. At least make more effort to hide what you're doing as it was obvious to everyone 😁

Get a grip, get an actual problem! Posting a thread on this? Seriously?!

Really depends on the nature of the messages, which as you note you did not see. If they are sharing something pornographic in nature, or racist/sexist comments, then something that is unacceptable in a workplace.

Hmmm ok. Thanks for taking the time to respond thoigh 😂😂